A group of Upper Peninsula youth softball players won a tough extra inning game in Wisconsin over the weekend to qualify for nationals. The 906'ers beat Poynette, 7-6, in eight innings. Click the above headline to read details of the girls' championship.
The Gladstone Minor Girls (age 9-10) softball team won its third straight game at the state tournament in downstate Belleville on Monday, beating Evart, 5-0. Montgomery Pepin threw a two-hitter, striking out 16 batters. Gladstone plays Tecumseh Tuesday. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos and videos taken by Amy Sundquist.
The Kingsford Minor Boys (age 9-10) had the lead for the entire game against West Portage on Monday at the state tournament in downstate Taylor. But the Kalamazoo-area team rallied for four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to eliminate the Maize and Blue, 11-10. Click the above headline for photos and video highlights.
The Gladstone Minor Girls Little League (age 9-10) softball team rolled to a 14-1 win over Kalamazoo Parchment Sunday at the state tournament in the Detroit suburb of Belleville. Click the above headline to read details and see photos, videos.
The Norway 11-year-old boys Little League All-Star team finished state tournament play on Saturday with a 6-4 loss to Bay City Southwest. Norway also lost to Grosse Pointe Woods/Shores in extra innings on Friday. Click the above headline for details.
The Norway 11-year-old boys Little League All-Star team opened its state tournament on Thursday with an 11-0 win over Taylor Northwest in Vicksburg. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos taken by Missy Spade.
The Grosse Pointe Woods/Shores Little League Major Boys (age 11-12) completed a dominating performance on Wednesday, capturing a Michigan state championship with a 10-0 win over Dexter in Gladstone. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Grosse Pointe Woods/Shores Major Little League All-Stars (age 11-12) hit five home runs and eliminated the Kingsford boys, 17-0, in a state semifinal game on Tuesday in Gladstone. The other semifinal saw Dexter beat Bay City Northwest, 10-6. Click the above headline to see photos from both ganmes, plus videos from the Kingsford game.
The Kingsford Major Little League All-Stars (age 11-12) got back-to-back home runs from Evan Johnson and Riley Juneau in the first inning and beat Birmingham, 6-1, in the state quarterfinal game on Monday in Gladstone. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Major Boys (age 11-12) Little League State Tournament in Gladstone started the weekend with 16 teams from across Michigan competing in pool play. After Sunday's action, the field has been reduced to eight. Click the above headline to see Monday's quarterfinal matchups, and see photos, videos from Sunday's Kingsford-St. Clair game.
The Norway 11-year-old boys Little League team scored a run in the top of the eighth inning to beat Escanaba, 4-3, Wednesday night to win a district championship and earn a state tournament bid. Click the above headline to read details.
The Escanaba and Norway 11-year-old Little League All-Star teams will need more time to decide their district championship after Tuesday night's game was suspended after six innings due to darkness. Click the above headline for details, and see photos, videos.
The Escanaba Major Girls (age 11-12) Little League softball team lost to St. Clair, 9-4, in the state quarterfinals on Monday, at Legacy Field. Escanaba gave up three runs in each of the final two innings as the host team picked up the victory. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos and videos taken by Caron Salo.
The Gladstone Minor Girls (age 9-10) Little League All-Star team completed a four-game comeback to win the district championship on Monday, beating Escanaba, 8-4, at Lemmerand Park. Click the above headline to read the game details.
The Escanaba Major Little League All-Star (age 11-12) softball team pounded out eleven hits and beat Milan, 8-2, Sunday at the state tournament in St. Clair. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and videos taken by Caron Salo.
The Gladstone 9-10 girls rallied to post an improbable extra inning victory, and the Norway 11-year-old boys had a walk-off win of their own in Little League District Tournament action on Sunday. Click the above headline for details on Sunday's action.
The Escanaba Major Little League All-Stars (age 11-12) got off to a slow start on Saturday in their state tournament game against White Lake, but the girls rebounded with a big second inning to beat the District 12 champions, 19-5, in downstate St. Clair. Click the above headline to read game details, and to see photos taken by Caron Salo.
The Escanaba Major Little League softball team (age 11-12) won its state tournament opener on Friday, outlasting Grandville, 9-6, in seven innings, in St. Clair. Click the above headline to read details, hear interviews, and see photos, videos taken by Caron Salo.
The Escanaba Minor Girls (age 9-10) won their second straight district tournament game on Friday, while the Escanaba 9-10 boys topped Gladstone in their district opener. Also, Kingsford and Portage Lake both won Major Boys (age 11-12) district championships on Friday. Click the above headline to read details.
Two longtime Little Leaguers have been appointed to the Upper Peninsula Little League Hall of Fame. Charlie Nebel of Munising (pictured, center), and John Norrington of Manistique (right), were honored for their decades of service to Little League in the U.P.: Nebel in coaching, and Norrington as an umpire. They are pictured here with District Ten Administrator Don Howes. Nebel's Munising Major Boys lost a heartbreaker to Norway, 11-10, in the loser's bracket final Thursday night in Gladstone.
The Escanaba Major Little League All-Stars (age 11-12) have arrived in downstate St. Clair for the start of the state tournament. The 16 teams from across Michigan took part in a parade and opening ceremonies Thursday night, and games begin on Friday. Click the above headline to see photos and videos from Thursday's events.
Jesse Neuman launched a three-run homer as Norway's Major Boys (11-12) Little League team beat Iron Mountain North, 9-5, Wednesday in Gladstone. Norway faces Munising on Thursday. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and videos.
The Iron Mountain North Major Boys (age 11-12) Little League team got plenty of offense on Monday and stayed alive in the district tournament with an 11-1 win over Tri-County. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and videos.
The Kingsford Major Boys (age 11-12) Little League team got off to a slow start, but roared back to beat Munising, 23-5, Monday night in Gladstone. Click the above headline to see photos and videos from the game.
The Norway Major Boys (age 11-12) Little League All-Stars erased an 8-0 deficit and stunned Gladstone, 13-9, in an elimination district tournament game on Sunday. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos, videos taken by Nate Bellville.
The Escanaba Major Girls (age 11-12) Little League softball team beat Norway, 13-0, to win the District Ten championship on Sunday. Click the above headline to read details, and to see the schedule for next weekend's state tournament in St. Clair.
It was Alger County 2, Delta County 0, in the Major Boys (age 11-12) district tournament on Saturday in Gladstone after Munising beat Gladstone, 6-1, and Tri-County topped Escanaba, 7-4. Click the aove headline for details, and to see photos.
The Major Little League (age 11-12) All-Star baseball season got under way on Friday with a pair of games at Gladstone's Howes Field. Gladstone topped Escanaba, 16-5, and Munising outlasted Tri-County, 15-14. Click the above headline to see photos and videos from the games, and see scores of other local Little League games.
The Escanaba Major Little League All-Stars (age 11-12) opened district tournament play Thursday with a 9-0 win over Norway at Escanaba's Lemmerand Park. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos and video highlights.
A group of Upper Peninsula softball players brought some hardware home from a tournament in Wisconsin over the weekend. “906 Fastpitch”, sponsored by Team Electronics, beat Johnstown, Iowa, 10-4, to win the Wisconsin North America Fastpitch Association state championship. The team has six girls from Escanaba High School, and one each from Gladstone, Rapid River, Negaunee, and Westwood High Schools.
